Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
Dramatically access to users on internet virtually any gist that wants to be found on the web must pay google a tax. With that i recognize the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, mr. Sensenbrenner. For first round of questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ive been in congress 42 years. That is coming to an end at the end of this year. Im breathing a sigh of relief. During that period of time, during decade of 90s and 00s, i was involved as chairman of the Science Committee and chairman of this committee and trying to make the net universal, open it up to everybody and one of the, one of the theses that we used that the net should end up becoming basically the debate on issues, not only in our country but throughout the world and in exchange for that this committee and the Congress Gave Internet Service providers immunity so if somebody said something defamatory in what they posted. Isps could not be a part of a lawsuit for defamation. After hearing mr. Jordan, you know, a long line of cen
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
Im just going to read a few sentences i cobbled together from your book. As i lead into my first question. You might in the book innovation is the most important fact of the modern world but one of the least well understood. It is the reason most people today live lives of prosperity and wisdom area and the main ingredient in the secret sauce and indeed innovation is freedom and freedom to exchange, experiments, imagine, investment fail. Liberals have argued since the 18th century that freedom needs prosperity but i would argue that they have never persuasively found a mechanism that drives change in which one causes the other. Innovation is that drives change, that missing link. Innovation is the child of freedom and apparent prosperity. Matt, do you think youve written a contrary and book your in 2020 because there seems to be a growing belief we havent innovated since the apollo space program. Living standards have been stagnant for decades and growth only help the elites, growth ki
Peace. In this day of great concern with weapons and our search for security and peace, this Program Documents a power some of us often overlook. It is the forceful good that lies in the basic brotherhood of man. In my travels around the world, i have often observed how a hand outstretched in friendship, a heart full of good will can do more to win the affection and suit of people than all of the guns in our arsenal. The program youre about to see demonstrates this. It is the story of american doctors fighting to disease in distant remote regions of the world, helping fellow human beings to a better life. Through their human work theyre making a positive contribution to the structure of peace. Of course there are other ways to strengthen the bonds of friendship throughout the world. By helping other nations to improve their agriculture, their commerce and their industry. For example, our people can create a beneficial climate for a greater international understanding. And this is so es